Luísa Veloso, sociologist. Associate Professor at Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Researcher at Cies-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Associate Researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Porto. Professor of the Sociology Department of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto between 1991 and 2008. Coordinator and researcher of several national and international projects. Author and scientific coordinator of several publications. Main research interests: work, employment, innovation, science and technology, professions.

Filipa Pinho is a sociologist and holds a PhD degree in sociology awarded by Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Her research interests have focused mainly on international migration (Portuguese emigration and the return of migrants, Brazilian migration to Portugal, migration policies, refugees) youth and, lately, also housing (she collaborates with the LxHabidata project). Since the 2019/2020 academic year, she has been a visiting assistant professor at the School of Sociology and Public Policy (ESPP), and is currently a researcher at CIES, Iscte. She works as an independent researcher/consultant on a variety of projects. Some recent examples: Education & Job Market Research (2024), Aga Khan Foundation; Lisbon Municipal Plan for the Integration of Migrants 2023-2026 (2024), DDS/CML; Empreender 2020 - Return of a Prepared Generation (2017), AEP Foundation; Integration and political participation of immigrants (2015), European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA); Support and Opposition to Migration in a Comparative Perspective (2017), various projects at IPPS-Iscte and PPLL, Lda (2017). Between January 2019 and September 2021, she was a post-doctoral researcher at CES Coimbra, in the project Experiences and Expectations of Return of New Portuguese Emigrants: Reintegration and Mobilities, in which CIES also participated.She was an invited assistant researcher on the PandPAS and Below 10 projects at CIES_Iscte in 2018. Previously, she was the executive coordinator of the Emigration Observatory from its foundation in January 2009 until 2013. She was a project coordinator and researcher at the International Organisation for Migration (in 2004 and 2014).She also worked for several years in national and international market research companies, as a market researcher.

She holds a PhD in Economics from Iscte-IUL and the University of Bourgogne (France), a Master's degree in Economics and Human Resources Management and a degree in Sociology (ISCTE-IUL). She is full professor at the Department of Political Economy of ISCTE-IUL, and an integrated researcher at the Centre for Studies on Socioeconomic Change and Territory (DINÂMIA'CET). She is director of the Master's Degree in Human Resources Development Policies. She was coordinator of the FCT project, 'Flexible pay for flexible contracts? The dynamics of the relationship between wage policy and employment contracts at the firm level' between 2009-2013 (PTDC/EGE-ECO/108547/2008) and the FCT project 'Bringing Higher Education, Training and Quality of Employment Closer', between 2018-2022 (PTDC/SOC-SOC/30016/2017). She is the coordinator of the Youth Employment Observatory (DINAMIA-Iscte-IUL). Her main study and research interests include skills demand, compensation policies and labour market segmentation.

Sociologist. Associate Professor at Iscte–University Institute of Lisbon (School of Sociology and Public Policy, Department of Sociology). Director of the ISCTE Soft Skills Lab (LCT-Iscte) and Chair of the Scientific Committee for Special Admission Routes to the Iscte University. Integrated researcher at CIES-Iscte, where she co-coordinates the Research Group on Inequalities, Work and Well-being. Her research focuses on social inequalities, social classes, and living standards, addressing emerging issues such as the trajectories and agency of higher education students, adults living alone, and older people in ageing societies. She has also contributed to the analysis of Welfare State reconfiguration, particularly in the domains of education and labour. In these contexts, she has coordinated and participated in national and international projects and consultancies, engaging in plural, interdisciplinary and intergenerational teams. As a lecturer, she has continuously invested in pedagogical innovation and in strengthening the connection between theory, methodology and empirical research practices. Mentoring and tutoring are a core dimension of her academic path, both through teaching and collegial cooperation, and through the design of innovative support mechanisms for students. In academic management, as Director of the ISCTE Soft Skills Lab and responsible for special admission routes – notably for Mature Students (23+) and Graduates from Professional Pathways – she has promoted comprehensive mentoring and tutoring programmes and developed innovative monitoring systems to prevent academic failure and dropout.   Her trajectory is further reinforced by active civic engagement and knowledge dissemination, through participation in associations, trade union activity and civil society initiatives, at both national and international levels.

Maria João Lima has a PhD in Sociology  by Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon. She holds a Master's degree in Ethnomusicology and a Bachelor's degree in Musicology (FCSH-UNL). She was a research assistant  at INET-MD-Instituto de Etnomusicologia Música e Dança (1995-2000) and at OAC - Cultural Activities Observatory (2001-2013). Her research is mainly focused on cultural policies, cultural audiences and cultural expressive practices. She is currently part of the research team of the Portuguese Observatory of Cultural Activities (https://www.opac.cies.iscte-iul.pt/).

Graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, whith a Master's degree in Business Law, in the area of ​​Labor Law, from ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, she has a PhD in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Corunha (Spain) and from NOVA School of Law (Lisbon-Portugal). In addition to complementary training courses, he has participated in numerous National and International Congresses and Seminars, often as a lecturer. He has been teaching at several university institutions, with special emphasis on ISCTE - IUL – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, where he teaches several courses in the Master’s Degree in Business and Labor Law, as well as in the Master’s in Labor Sciences and Labor Relations and in the Master in Human Resources Development Policies. She was an invited Lecturer in postgraduate courses at the Lisbon and Porto Law Faculties. She has supervised numerous dissertations, in addition to participating, as Arguente, in several Masters juries. She is the author of several essays and articles published in books and national and international magazines on Employment Law topics.

I am a sociologist (Ph.D at Univ.Lille 1/Iscte-IUL, 2007), a Professor of Sociology of Work and Labour Relations at the Lisbon University Institute (Iscte-IUL), and a Researcher at CIES-Iscte. I have previously held the position of Researcher at SOCIUS-ISEG-ULisboa (2007-2015) and ICS-ULisboa (2015-2024), having led national projects and the Portuguese representation in European projects. I have also been a member of the team of correspondents for the European Observatory of Working Life/Eurofound and have provided consultancy services to international agencies. My work has been published in the European Journal of Industrial Relations, Transfer, Cultural Trends, and International Journal of Police Science & Management, among other scientific journals, and I have also edited books and contributed to book chapters published by Routledge, Springer, Palgrave Macmillan, l'Harmattan and other academic presses. I enjoy combining qualitative and quantitative methods and collaborating with colleagues from other disciplines.

Associate Professor with Habilitation at Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Director of Sociology Department. Researcher at CIES-Iscte, currently develops research in the areas of "Communication, Information Technologies and Health", "Health Literacy" and "Digital Health". ERASMUS coordinator of the Sociology Department. Associated Editor of the Observatório magazine (OBS * - http://obs.obercom.pt/index.php/obs), member of the Scientific Committee of Edicciones-InCom-UAB and of the Editorial Committee of Revista de Comunicación y Salud (https://www.revistadecomunicacionysalud.es/index.php/rcys). Author of several books and articles in the areas of Health and Communication, Health Literacy, Network Communication and Youth and Media in Portugal.